Collapsible telescopic hot-air cabinet



(No Model.)

W. H. PEIRGB.. GULLAPSIBLB TBLBSGOPIG HOT AIR CABINET. No. 580,217.Patented Apr. 6, 1897.

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IVILLIAM H. PEIRCE,OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

COLLAPSIBLE TELESCOPIC HOT-AIR CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part 0f Letters :Patenty N0. 580,217, dated April6, 1897.

Application led July-2, 1896. Serial No. 597,834. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, VILLIAM H. PEIECE, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of San Francisco, State of California,have invented an Improvement in Collapsible Telescopic Hot-Air Cabinets;and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of thel same.

My invention relates to an adjustable cabinet which is especiallydesigned for the purpose of hot-air bathing and treatment.

It consists in certain details of construction which, will be more fullyexplained by reference to the accompanying drawings, in

which- Figure l is an exterior view of my apparatus. Fig. 2 is aseparate view of one of the posts, showing the telescopic adjustablearrangement. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section through the upper post.

The object of my arrangement is to provide a cabinet which may be madeto form an inclosed chamber within which the person is seated for thepurpose of applying a hot-air bath for treatment, said chamber beingadjustable for different heights of persons by means of a telescopicframework and being adapted to be taken to pieces and folded up forconvenient transportation.

In the construction of my cabinet I employ vertical hollow posts A,which are made of any suitable or desired height less than that of theshortest person for which the apparatus is to be used.

A are other tubes of sufficiently small diameter to slide within thetubes A, and these form the upper part of the framework.

To the tubesAmay be attached the springactuated pawls or latches B,which are adapted to move through slots or openings in the tubes A andto drop into corresponding holes or notches in the telescopic orslidable tubes A', so that these tubes may be placed at any desiredpoint and latched there. These vertical posts are connected together bymeans of transverse bars C, the ends of which are bent, so as to engagewith sockets D, formed or fixed upon the vertical posts, so that theymay be easily hooked in and engaged or disengaged. By this arrangement Iam enabled to take the framework in pieces and pack it up in very smallcompass for transportation,

and also to fold it into a rectangular inclosure when it is set up foruse. Around the outside of this framework after it has been set up isfitted a covering, which is preferably made of some flexible fabric ormaterial impervious to hot air or vapor. The vertical posts are providedwith hooks or buttons F, and the surrounding covering has eyeletsadapted to hook upon this attachment, and thus hold the fabric in place.

W'henever the tubes are lengthened or shortened, the fabric will fold atthe point of junction of the telescopic tubes, and thus accommodateitself to any desired height.

The top of the fabric is made to fold over and form a covering the edgesof which surround the neck of the person and may be drawn up closely bymeans of draw-strings, as shown at H. Where the edges ofthe fabric meetin front, they may be drawn together by cords or straps, and thusentirely neck may be drawn up closely and the front buttoned orfastened, so as to make a tight inclosure.

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

l. In a hot-air cabinet, the combination, of tubular corner-posts, othercorner-posts adapted to be slidably fitted to the firstnamed posts,means on one set of posts engaging with the posts of the other set andvertically adjusting the height of the cabinet, sockets on thestationary posts and transverse connecting-bars having their oppositeends bent to detachably engage said sockets, an exterior flexiblecovering for the cabinet and devices for securing the corners or anglesof the covering to both sets of corner-posts, said covering having aneck-opening and a closable front.

2. A combined hot-air cabinet, consisting of the vertical tubularcorner-posts extending a portion of the height of the apparatus IOOsame, said covering having a series of eyelets adapted to engage withthe hooks or buttons on each corner-post and being extended over x 5 thetop of the cabinet and having a central opening for the neck.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

WVILLIAM H. PEIRC.

Witnesses:

S. H. -NoURsE, JEssIE C BRoDIE-

